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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-04-20
RonIng Easter Eses.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE grounds
Immediately south of the Presidents house
presented a pretty picture to-day. Thou,
sands of children were gathered there en-
gagged in the pleasures of Easter egg rolling,
Il custom which has prevailed in this city
for ever SO many years. The participants
were of all ages, sizes and conditions of
life, from the pampered child of luxury,
with her French nurse, to the poor, black
pickaninuy with bare feet.
All had eggs, boiled and dyed, and made
the air ring with their happy shouts and
merry laughter as they rolled their eggs
and themselves down the grassy knobs and
chased each other across the lawns. The
President enjoyed the spectacle very much.
His office window opened directly over the
scene, aud he frequently paused in his work
to gaze upon it. Mrs. Cleveland spent the
morning atthe country home, and 50 failed
To see the children at play. while the
Presidents public reception was in progress
in the East Room in the afternoon the
children heard of ii and Hooked in in great
numbers to shake hands with the President.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-04-20
HURRIING UP LAMAR.
A Dakota Girl Who Wanted the SCCrCtnr,
to Decide Her "Nin's Case"
tFrom the Cincinnati Enquirer.)

to Decide Her "Nin's Case"
(From the Cincinnati Enquirerl
A little girl eight years old, residing
at Gordon, Dakota, has written the fol.
lowing letter to Secretary Lamar. It
was printed on a small piece of paper
with a lead pencil, in n style peculiar
only to children when they are writing
their first letters. Every letter is a CAPT,
tai, and reads:
"MR. LAMARs: Won't you please do
eide the land case that is in your Office
now. Ma has to work out, and Minnie
Is sick, and ] have to do the work. |
am only eight years old. We hunt no
money, and Lige Moon is trying to get
our claim. ADA TREScu."
M wants to get some money so we
can buy some close and get q horse. 1t
is awful cold here at Mitchell, Dakota,
and we have to burn hay, and can't
hardly keep warm. Goodby.
ADA FRENCH"
Gordon, Lakota.
The letter was referred to Commits
sioner Sparks, and went through the
routine of the land office, and an official
letter was written to the girl informing
her that the commissioner had decided
the claim in favor of her mother, but an
appeal had been made to the secretary
of the interior, where it is now pending.
The little girl wrote another letter, SIM
lar to her previous one, begging the
commissions "to get Mr.. Lamars TO
decide mas case. Lige Noon" she say S,
"told ma that il you decided in mas
favor he would not give her any moro
trouble, but Lige Moon lies"
This letter was also answered, and the
correspondence sent to the secretary to
hurry his action.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-04-20
Lee rs II Boy.

The following is a description Of the
clay statue of General Lee rs n boy of
IA, which is being modelled in Italy and,
1T Is hoped, will be erected in marble in
front of the house of Lees childhood in
Westmoreland county, Va, on the site
OF tie tombs of many of his followers
who fell in the war. The figure is ex.
ceedingly characteristic and full of life,
and the face r~ejuvenated by Mr.. Ezekiel
from his WI bronze portrait of the
General in later life gives ~eloquently the
promise OF what was to come. ''Thc
boy is father to the man" here in very
truth. The right hand, holding q little,
simple cap, rests on the small stump OF
an oak tree, while the left, brought up
to about the level of the waist, clasps a
Bible, with ono finger between the
leaves. The youthful figure is slightly
turned from right to left, and the head
is erect and thrown back n little, as if to
catch the light breeze which blows apart
the fold of the boys simple blouse and
reveals in part the promise of strength
and compactness in the figure. The
small feet for which the Lee family are
famous, are finely modelled, as also the
slim, boyish leg, in its neat stocking and
brooches %buttoning below the knee. |
had, by a mere chance, an interesting
opportunity of Judging the faithfulness
OF the LIKENESS as q mere likeness, if
hereditary resemblances are to count for
anything. While / was examining the
figure in detail, there came into the
studio o lady with three pretty daugh-
ters, who was introduced to me as Mrs.
Cooper, daughter of General Lees first
cousin. Ore of the young ladies, aged
about 10, bore so striking a resemblance
to the boyish portrait of her illustrions
relative, as to make it certain even to a
strangers eye that they we're of the same
stock; and, indeed, Mrs. Cooper (who is
usually called the ''nicce" of General
Lee, though really the cousin once re.
moved, and was on terms of the greatest
affection and confidence with him) de-
ciared that any member of the family
must be satisfied with the striking like
ness, apart from the artistic merit of the
work.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-04-20
A ROARING rARoE.
Extraordinary Scene I'm AN Illinois
Court.


MuRpuYsBo2o, H., April G.-rhe cir
cult court closed without trying other
than criminal cases. AT the close the
sheriff announced that o prisoner was i'll
Jail charged with stealing u ski6 on the
Mississippi. The case was tried and it
ended in q laughable farce.
When the prisoner entered the prison.
er's box the judge addressed him:
"You are the man who stole the boat,
are your"
"Wal, yes; but thar's a piat in the
case, jedge. They charged me with
didn't steal it till after dark. [GreNt
they get Peter Cooper (his partner.) He
wimmen, girls, fish-hooks and every
thing. fRoars of laughter, Joined in by
the court. Pete wanted to keep the
boat, but 1 intended to return it after
l took my things down the river"
"Then we must defer trial till the
August term"
mo, ledge, / don't want to lie in Jail
till August. ] want to be tried now"
"Have you an attorney to defend
you?"
"No, and don't want any. ] hain't
got no money but n few German CONS
for k~eepsakes. They wouldn't hire y
good lawyer, and | wouldn't have no
poor one, He'd only make it worse for
me-"
The court appointed three prominent
lawyers to defend him.
With awkward gestures and uncouth
language he admitted stealing the boat,
but blamed Peter Cooper for it.
When the jury took the case lie in.
sisted on retiring with them to explain
the situation, but this the court heart,
lessly denied.
After an hour of wrestling with the
case, the jury, to the CONSERVATION OF
the court and audience, and tho disgust
of the prosecution, brought in a verdict
of not guilty.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-04-20
COULDN'T HEAR II THUNDER.

An interesting letter from Mr.. John
w. Weeks, superintendent OF Dckolb
Pauper Home:
From n feeling of gratitude and n de-
sire to benefit others, | voluntarily make
this statement. | have great reason to be
thankful that | eve heard of b. j. b.,
as ] know what q blessing ii has been to
me. ] have suffered with Bronchial Ca
tarrh for n number Of years. Six months
ago | was taken with q sever pain in
right car, which in n few days began to
discharge matter, with terrible and al
most unbcnrablc palpitation and Mi sorts
of noises III my head. In ten days after
the commencement of discharge and pain
in my car [ began to grow deaf and in
six weeks [ was so deaf that / could not
hear thunder.
[ was then compelled to use converse
ton tube, and it was often that [ could
not hear with tho tube. | then com
mcnccd taking b. b. b. and the running
of my ear ceased running in five weeks,
and can now hear without the tube. My
| general health has improved, palpitation
| ceased, and feel like n now being, and
appreciate the benefit | have received
from b. b. b. (madc in Atlanta, Ga.)
with gratitude to God and thankfullness
to the Projectors for such a medicine.
L cheerfully recommend it to all who are
afflicted with deafness and catarrll. Try
it; persevero i'll its use and you will be
convinced Of its value.
JOHN w. WEEKS,
Superintendent DcKalb Paupcr Home.
Decatur, Ga, May 1, 1856.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-04-20
4 Veteran M the business.

| was in the room Of the Postmaster Gen.
eral waiting my chance to speak to him,
when a Democratic Senator said to me,
under his voice: "Wait got here first, as
usual, " indicating with his thumb the ven.
cradle Republican member from Connecti-
cut, who was in the revolving chair mt Gen
eral Villas ear. "He always gets here first
Wait does. He always gets everywhere
first. He Is the obstacle / always run
against at the Navy DcIa tment, at the
Treasury Department, nj tie Pension Onice
and the Presidents. That's why he is
called Wait The worst of il is he knows
everybody in Washington and IL gives him
a tremendous advantage. He has been
here ever since Johnsyn's time, | think.
and | suppose has got more people into
office within the last - years than any
other man, living or dead. washington
Post.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-04-20
RRIGIlT'S DISEASE.

have been n sufferer from Kidney and
Bladder troubles for several years. ]
have lately had what is termed Bright's
Disease, and have had considerable swell
ing Of my legs and shortncss Of breath.
The urea has poisoned my blood also. ]
I BInnS R "hm an" nnd nSi a61 ~ y . o. DO nom h"t@nic C
with its effects. / had previously used a
edies, and several eminent physicians
also waited on me, but b. b. Il. stands
ut the top. JOHN II. MARTIN.
Rock Greek, Ala, May 4, 1896.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-04-20
Arrest Of sawdust swindiers.

The den of a gang of sawdust swindlers
was raided yesterday in West 47tb street,
New York. The place was In full opera.
ton, and the whole gang was arrested and
locked up. They were found making up
circulars into express packages Of alleged
bogus money and fitting out substitute
v]alises, also supposed to be full of Green
goods" but In reality containing bricks aud
paper. The house Is a brownstone flat,
directly opposite a police station. The
operators had two flats, one for work and
the other for bed rooms, luxuriously fitted
up. The police seized 50, 06O In new crisp
genuine bank notes.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-04-20
Hotel and Surgical Institute
stan or Eighteen Experienced ana SIKH"
tml GShysicfgns and SURGEONS.

EN = ~ bINTFN IN sFEEtN "NEHNV""'
ALL CHRONIC DISEASES A SPECIALLY
Patients treated here or ut their homes. Many
treated ut home, through correspondence, as
successfully ms Ii here it person. Come ana
see us, on send ten cents in stamps for our
+" lnvslid3' Guido Book which gives all partic-
ASSOCIATION, G63 Main ST., Buffalo. NY.
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A Terrible lim.

What q thrill of terror passes over us
when VIC read the record of some fearful
devastation by fire, and yet IL ia a fact that
thousands arc daily being consumed by Tho
fire of fever, caused by consump.
ton OF the lungs, which could he subdued
by DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis.
covery.R
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-04-20

DIR. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" Is a
most powerful restorative tonic, and com.
bincs the most valuable neryine properties;
especially adapted to the wants Of debilita-
ted ladies suffering from weak back, In.
ward fever, congestion, inflammation, or
liberation, or from nervousness or neural.
gle pains. BY druggists.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-04-20
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items OF Interest Gathered nom NarIou
Quarters.

the ulgnllCcnSc Dill.
A prairie fire in Dakota destroyed $100,.
600 worth of property.
At Bordentowu, n. j., the city election
resulted in favor of the Democrats,
Paul Boynton is going to star with Bar
mum, with his little paddle and rubber suit.
The tailors employed by three firms in
Chicago are on the street.
DR.. McGlynn has started on q lectuling |
tour throughout the country.
For the first time in Paris since 1889
Easter Monday was kept rs Il close holiday.
Harriet Bccchor Stowe will not go 10
Florida as reported.
John G. Emo is known in Montreal as the
king of American boodlers.
Only n very few hairs still sadly lingcrO on
the Prince Of Wales bare-footed head.
Sam Small has gone to Florida to recruit
his health for the next cvangelizing season.
A large mass meeting of citizens was
held in Savannah to condemn the coercion
bill.
The annual convention of the North
Carolina State Medical Society will convene
in Charlotte today.
\ meeting Of the Protestant Home Rule
Association was held in Dublin to protest
against the crimes bill.
Five thousand cmigrants, natives Of Ire
land, left Liverpool ON Saturday and Sun
day last for New York.
interference with travel ON the New
lork Central and Hudson River railroad
by high water continues.
Vhc story of the Gulnarc, with a cargo
OF dynamite, coaSling of the west of Ire
land is not believed in Cork.
THO Anti DrDb;bi,;Dr C,,,,u,;,, l., ,,oo,
ut Dallas on May / is the most important
event next to happen in Texas.
A fire at st. Augustine, Fla, DESTROYED
$3.50, 900 worth of property, including sew.
cral of the finest buildings in the city.
The Democratic Legislative caucus in
Florida are still balloting for United States
Senator.
The Governor General of Canada is con.
tident of o peaceful solution of the Fishery
question.
Icstcr NyoI,ocl,O boo,,h hos ,oo, ,,ro,
The state chronicle., 1887-11-10
Queries and Answers.

Especial Cor. STATE CHRoNIcLE.l
My query as to the authorship of the
AND thou art long, and lank and brown
AS lo the ribbed sea sand"
was correctly answered in the CHRONICLE
Of October 27, by Mr.. Theo. H. Hill and
II. T. NJ.
Mr. tiiIl adds that | can now effect nv
"Iaudabie design of stimulating literary
inquiry by making him subscriber to q
North Carolina journal to be designated
hereafter.
II. (. NJ. claims the fullillment of nv
promise III behalf OF the Wilson Advance.
Verify would have been caught between
two fires had not MIR. j. f. Jones, smelling
the battle from afar, come calamity to my
rescue just two days before my pursuers
opened tHelr batteries on me. Mr. Jones,
III whom | hail great pac licator-a sort
/ OF second Henry Clay-ls one of the edi-
tors OF the Trinity College Archive, for
which subscribed at once
Mr.. ilill-and l have the highest regard
for his poetic practice as wen as theory
! takes occasion to correct lay use of the
word "couplet" as applied to unrhymed
lines Yet Dr. Gummere, ormer instruc-
tor IN English in Harvard College, fre-
quently uses the expires on ''rhvmed
c0uplets" III his ''Hand book Of Poetics."
! Now II all coupcts We're ri med, us Mr.
| Hill declares, then it would De as superfu-
Gus 10 speak OF ''rhymed couplets' as it
would be to speak of "virtuous virtue or
''sinful SIN" But | am not at all eager to
| cross lances with the author of The Star
Of Bethlehem" and | promise faithfully
! (Witness my hand and seaD never to call
two lines a couplet, unless they are
rhymed-and sometimes not even then
''As literary queries are now the fash
ion,' says H. F. NJ, ''let ne ask who it
was that styled Patrick Henry the forest
| born DemOstheneS,' and where, in the au-
thor's writings, may the expression be
found p
la reply may say that literary answers
seem to be more in fashion than ''literary
queries" Wasn't my last query, though
innocent and defenceless, chased merci-
lessly oil the premises by three blood
| thirsty rejoinders However this may be,
the above epltiIet owes its origin to Lord
| Byron. In his Age of Bronze, canto
viii, we find the following
The prophets of young Freedom, sum
mon'd far
From clfnes of Washington and Bolivar:
| Whose thunder shook the Philip Of the
seas, &c.
Byron wrote the Age of Bronze" while
in Genoa, Italy, in the early part of the
year 1928. c. ALPHoNso SMITH.
p. S.-As the Atlanta Constitution does
not claim Byron as a promised contributor
to its columns, his LordshIp is probably
dead. &. a. ).
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COL. T. G. FULLER.
The Official Record of His GaIIantry in
the War.
Especial Cor. STATE CHRoN

Especial Cor. STATE CHRONICLE.l
have Just returned from long absence
and find on my desk Vol Is of Series of
the Official Record of the War, published
by virtue of an Act of Congress. In it
find a very high compliment to your towns
man, Col. 7. @. Fuller. He occupies such
a distinguished position as a lawyer and
advocate that we forget that he has been
a soldier.
Speaking Of the fight at Goldsboro Gen.
Clugman, in his OfIfcialr report says: "Not-
withstanding the disparity of force and
the loss of several of his men, Lieut.. Full
Ter, with the greatest gallantry, continued
to reply until darkness put an end to the
contest"
The Lieut.. Colonel, commanding the ar
tillery, says, in his report, that ''lato in
the afternoon Of the 18th, one section of
STAIRS battery, in charge Of First Lieut.
T. G. Fuller, engaged the enemy south Of
the river, near the point where the county
road crosses the railroad. All speak in
terms Of praise of the gallantry displayed
here and the efficiency Of Lieut.. FulIer's
fire" Perhaps a scrutiny Of other volumes
of the Record will disclose further evidcn-
ces of the gallantry Of the Colonel during
the war. j.
The state chronicle., 1887-11-10
ANITEM FOR GOVERNOR SCALES.
From New Berne Journal


merchant Of New Berne received from
salem, n. c.. a few days ago ;wo barrels
OF common clay pipes, the freight on which
Vas 81. 81 per barrel The freight on the
same from Baltimore, nearly three times
the distance. would have been twenty
cents per barrel.
We call the Governors attention TO this
little matter to further satisfy him if pos
sible that the great railroad corporations
doing business in this State have divided
the empire, and in the terms of division
it has been decreed that there shall be no
traffic between the people east of Colds
boro and those west of that point. All
community of interest is destroyed and
we are forced to 90 North for even clay
pipes when they are made III cur own State.
New Berne with her cheap water routes
ought to supply a large portion of Eastern
and middle n G. with their heavy gro
ceries, and would do it but for the railroad
corporations who are interested III build
ing up other points.
We sought to free ourselves from such
influences by connection with the c. F.
q Y Y r. r., but the Governor prefers
to foster the interest Of those who op-
press Us.
Let Us appeal to the next General AS
sembly to accept the proposition OF the {.
f. 4 y. Y. to buy the \. y n. 9. r. K.
The state chronicle., 1887-11-10
THE DECISION IN THE IN AR-
CHISTS CASE.

1t Is to be regretted that the I. ) Su-
preme Court in its decision against the
anarchists did not forever settle the ques
tions raised by counsel in the arguments
before the court These questions We're;
FIRST. Whether the court would stand
by its former decision that the first ten
amendments of the Constitution are IN
tended as limitations on Federal and not
on State power The counsel cOntended
'.that though originally the first ten
amendments were adopted as limitation
on Federal power, get in 50 far as they
secure and recognize the fundamental
rights-the common law rights-of man
they make them privileges and immGnities
Of man as a citizen Of the United States
which cannot now be abridged BY the
States under the Fourteenth amendment. ;"
The court held that the question was not
properly before it.
SEcoND-It was contended by counsel
for the anarchists that in their conviction
the provision Of the Fourteenth amend
mont which provides that no State shall
deprive ANY person of life, liberty or
property without due process of law had
been violated It was alleged to have been
violated because the jury was not an impair
tial one, and because Spies was required to
give evidence duplicating himself. This po-
sitiOn was in effect a plea to glve the IS.
Supreme Court appellate jurisdiction IN
all cases, however trivial. This would take
away from the State, the power Of naming
the Jury qualifications, and make the State
courts powerless, and by word in all eyes
The court makes no pronunciation here,
saying that the prisoners had an impartial
| trial and that Spies was not compelled to
testify against himself; and therefore the
issue was not raised.
THIRD-The plea made for Spies and
| Fielden because they are foreigners was
not distinctly and plainly settled, the
court using these words: NO such ques-
tons were made and decided in either of
the courts below, and they cannot be
raised in this court for the first time.
FOURTH The complaint of illegal search
and seizure, and the complaint against
the use as evidence, of paper thus OBJ
tanned, was dwelt upon by the counsel,
The court merely decides that, not having
been made in the court below, the com
plant lis not cognizabe' by the Supreme
| Court.
Commenting upon the failure of the Su
preme Court to pass upon any OF these
questions the News and Courier well says
s.It is true that the tone of the opinion Of
the court is against the novel and extreme
construction Of the Fourteenth amend
ment as claimed by the counsel for tho
petitioners, and is emphatically agains
The claim Of rights for foreigners set uE
by Gen. Butler, but there is no actual de
cision of any Of the questions involved IL
those positions, and therefore the decision
except as affecting the fate of the sever
condemned anarchists, loses in large meas
ure the interest and Importance "hich /
Tod 70 ha
The state chronicle., 1887-11-10

HENRY E. ORR IN THE vIRGINIAN.
He has sung his last song on the shores OF
Old Time,
But it's melody rolls from mountain to
sea,
And the harp that's unstrung, through this
master of rhyme,
Gave out its last notes in honor of Lee.
No symbols of bronze can add to his height
In deeds he'll outlive all tributes of art
While purity filled every cell of his heart
Sleep, sleep Cavalier, the sleep of the blest
Close by the murmuring, mournful sea,
Thou'lt awake at last for nObler rest,
Face to face with the peerless Lee.
Norfolk, October 80, 1887.
The state chronicle., 1887-11-10
A Convert to Henry George.
[What Bob Ingerson said.

No man shoul be allowed to own any
land that he does not use. Everybody
knows that do not care whether he has
thousands or millions. | have owned a
great deal of land, but | know just as well
as am living that l should not be allowed
to have it unless | use it. And why?
Don't YOU know that if people could bottle
the air, they would? Don't you know that
there would be an American air bottling
association? And don't you know that
they would allow thousands and millions
to die for want Of breath If they could not
pay for air!''
The state chronicle., 1887-11-10
and being held in high esteem by his sub

and being held in high esteem bv his snb-
irct>
Ia the early part of ,he second centnrv
NRi'c'i Gu ilH'g~un haH mad" a trading
VOYAGE to D4hia, h"t when he left there
."uS continued north cas- erll winds drove
.lm To an uukuoWn land. His men on
'"uHihE, We're met by a crowd of the
natives who laid hands on them and bound
'HGA' retaining them uutil it could be de-
ciue'' whether they should be put to death
or ic"i IN slavery. Gudleif thought that
me lahguSe of his captors resembled Irish
" n1le ihey were celebrating a large COM
pahy approached displaying a banner nm
der which rode Born A,brandson s11.-
named BreidylklngAkappi who had been
driven from Iceland by the nowerfnl
SnoWe Code, for his Illicit love of Thurida
OF ffodo, that chieftains sister, and had
set SAL from HraunhOrf in Sniofelsues
with northeast wind. Biorn, recogniz-
ing the chief of his captives. liberated
them and gave them d gold ring for Thorida
and sword for Kiartan, his son.
How much Of truth there may be in
some OF these stories we cannot tell. but
they concur 50 well with the stories told
by the Indians to the Raleigh voyacers.
and with the accounts of Chaunis Temoatan
and lis inhabitants as given to Drake by
the Florida Spainards whom he captured
III 1886, that We are compelled to look upon
them dS something more than creations of
fertile imagination. SO well satisfied
am of the truth of these Sagas that two
years age indicated on the fourth edition
OF my school map the location of some of
these settlements.